Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain

by Antonio Damasio

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‘Will give pleasure to anyone interested in original thinking about the brain…Breathtakingly original’ Financial Times

The trailblazing investigation of a question that has confounded us for centuries: how is consciousness created?


In Self Comes to Mind, world-renowned neuroscientist Antonio Damasio goes against the long-standing idea that consciousness is separate from the body, presenting compelling new scientific evidence that consciousness - what we think of as a mind with a self - is in fact a biological process created by a living organism. His view entails a radical change in the way the history of the conscious mind is viewed and told, suggesting that the brain’s development of a human self is a challenge to nature’s indifference.


Groundbreaking ideas and beautifully written, this is essential reading for anyone curious about the foundations of mind and self.

  • ISBN10 1446493857
  • ISBN13 9781446493854
  • Publish Date 31 August 2011 (first published 9 November 2010)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Cornerstone
  • Imprint Cornerstone Digital
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Pages 384
  • Language English